HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS –MEKONG DELTA

Discover Saigon, today’s Ho Chi Minh City – the bustling and vibrating economic centre of the South. Over the past few centuries, Saigon was called the “Pearl of the Far East” and was an important trading centre for Chinese, Japanese and Western merchants who travelled along the Sai gon River. Meet our tour guide at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and start our full day sightseeing of Saigon. During the tour, you will visit the major and most beautiful sights of Ho Chi Minh City such as Lam Son Square, Saigon Opera House and the People’s Committee Hall, then walk north on tree-lined Dong Khoi Street, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, which were both built in French architecture style during the colonial times. Next stop would be Reunification Palace (the former Presidential Palace), renowned for its symbolic role in the fall of Saigon in 1975 After lunch at restaurant, we continue our sightseeing to the War Remnants Museum. Round up our day with Thien Hau Pagoda, exciting shopping experience in colourful Ben Thanh market, the largest market of Saigon. 

Meet our tour guide at your hotel and start our visit by vehicle to Cu Chi Tunnels, a must-see destination in Southern Vietnam. These Underground tunnels in Cu Chi have been known during the Vietnamese – American war. Visiting to the tunnel system is stretching over 200km and consists of three levels in depth (from 8 to 12 meters) will give you an introduction about a period of Vietnamese history and what materials that the Vietnamese people used to dig such a long tunnel system and how the local people use these tunnels during the war. You have the chance to crawl through this amazing system of tunnels. To have more “thrilling” experience, you can even test your shooting skills on original AK47s and other types of gun from past war times (subject to a surcharge). 

08:30 hrs: meet our tour guide at your hotel in Saigon and start our full day tour to My Tho town. Upon arrival at My Tho, take a boat trip on Tiền River to the other side (Bến tre land). Sight-seeing fish farms, floating fish market along the Dragon Island on the way. Through Xếp canal in Bến Tre (land of coconuts) to See coconut collection set and how the locals make handicrafts from coconut trunk and shell. Enjoy seasonal fruits and listening to traditional music. Take the horse-cart on village path and stop at Mr Nam Ngô orchard, taste honey with tea or wine. See bees-breeding in wooden boxes under longans tree.  Take rowing-boat along water palm creek. Boat to see local people make coconut candy, taste candy (Special products of Bến Tre province) Back to Ho Chi Minh City for taking a rest